Winter, a necessary evil

[jeremy_norbury]

We had some funny old frost at the start of the week - this Larch has no needles, this is just ice.

It's not been ridiculously cold (-6C/21F).

01181864 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

01181865 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

01181877 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

And here are some photos from this morning - I still hate this mid-winter thing...

Ivy
01221885 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

Acer Palmatum shohin
01221897 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

Trident maple shohin
01221926 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

Chinese elm shohin
01221951 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

01221956 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

Cork bark elm
01221978 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

Common Elm shohin
01221989 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

 

[Rusty Davis]

Great trees and that Larch picture is cool. Nature is beautiful

 

[petegreg]

Thanks for some inspirational shohin sized trees.
Hell yeah, I've mentioned this winter weather issues in other thread. Frozen to the bones, for long weeks, we expect another 10-14 days below zero, down to -20℃ in night... Started being afraid of the trees left on my balcony.
How do you keep your CHE, it's so green? One of mine started to push new foliage in a cold room, so I repotted it last week and now I worry about it, aah...

 

[Soldano666]

Awesome stuff jerry

 

[Tentakelaertje]

Yaaay a new Jerry thread!

 

[jeremy_norbury]

Yaaay a new Jerry thread!

Cheers. Hey - we're going to Noelanders in Belgium on 4th Feb., you interested? €10, I drive...

 

[jeremy_norbury]

Thanks for some inspirational shohin sized trees.
Hell yeah, I've mentioned this winter weather issues in other thread. Frozen to the bones, for long weeks, we expect another 10-14 days below zero, down to -20℃ in night... Started being afraid of the trees left on my balcony.
How do you keep your CHE, it's so green? One of mine started to push new foliage in a cold room, so I repotted it last week and now I worry about it, aah...

I have a greenhouse which I heat very mildly (with a tiny heater) to stay at or above -2C/28F. That seems enough to make them hold their leaves.

 

[Tentakelaertje]

interested?

Highly! But unfortunately I can't make it, I'll be on skis in Austria that weekend... :/
Maybe next year! Many thanks for the invite, I appreciate it!

 

[ColinFraser]

this Larch has no needles, this is just ice.

Absolutely gorgeous! What a cool phenomenon

 

[miker]

Beautiful photos of a phenomenon I have yet to ever see first hand.

I for one really like winter, in-fact it is my favorite season. I also generally like rainy overcast weather, however, I am not such a huge fan of the latter when it seemingly should be cold enough for snow and other typical "mid-winter" weather. It has been more like Seattle here the past week, which I would certainly prefer over 80F (Florida) but still...

 

[sorce]

Amazing.

Sorce

 

[Potawatomi13]

While vastly preferring warm sunny weather trees like Ponderosa need(miserable)weather so I endure.

 

[Giga]

I like the new Ice larch species!

 

[Les]

beautiful pictures, I can't wait until spring!!

 

[LanceMac10]

I see this type of ice crystal quite often.....my old lady usually displays such "plumage" right before bed......

great stuff, as always, @jeremy_norbury